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Unsteady Cloud Cavitation on a 2D Hydrofoil: Quasi-Periodic Loads and Phase-Averaged Flow Characteristics

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  • Elizaveta Ivashchenko

    (Institute of Thermophysics SB RAS, Lavrentyev Ave. 1, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia)

  • Mikhail Hrebtov

    (Institute of Thermophysics SB RAS, Lavrentyev Ave. 1, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
    Laboratory of Applied Digital Technologies of MCA, Novosibirsk State University, Pirogov Street 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia)

  • Mikhail Timoshevskiy

    (Institute of Thermophysics SB RAS, Lavrentyev Ave. 1, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
    Laboratory of Applied Digital Technologies of MCA, Novosibirsk State University, Pirogov Street 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia)

  • Konstantin Pervunin

    (Clean Energy Processes (CEP) Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK)

  • Rustam Mullyadzhanov

    (Institute of Thermophysics SB RAS, Lavrentyev Ave. 1, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
    Laboratory of Applied Digital Technologies of MCA, Novosibirsk State University, Pirogov Street 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia)

Abstract

We perform large-eddy simulations to study a cavitating flow over a two-dimensional hydrofoil section—a scaled-down profile (1:13.26) of guide vanes of a Francis turbine—using the Schnerr–Sauer cavitation model with an adaptive mesh refinement in intensive phase transition flow areas. In the test case, the guide vane is tilted at an angle of attack of 9 ° to the direction of the flow, in which the Reynolds number, based on the hydrofoil chord length, equals 1.32 × 10 6 , thus providing a strong adverse pressure gradient along the surface. The calculated time-averaged turbulence characteristics are compared with those measured by particle image velocimetry to verify that the flow is correctly reproduced in numerical simulations using the procedure of conditional averaging proposed and tested in our previous investigation. A re-entrant jet is identified as the primary source of vapor cloud shedding, and a spectral analysis of the cavitating flow over the profile midsection is conducted. Two characteristic frequencies corresponding to the cases, when an attached cavity detaches completely (as a whole) and two partially from the hydrofoil, are found in the flow. The study reveals that the natural frequency of partial cavity shedding is three times higher than that of full detachments. The examined regime exhibits an oscillatory system with two oscillation zones related to cavitation surge instability and unsteady cloud cavitation resulting from the re-entrant jet. Conditional averaging correlates cavitation structures with pressure distributions, forces, and torque on the guide vane. This modeling approach captures the fine details of quasi-periodic cavitation dynamics, providing insights into unsteady sheet/cloud cavitation and offering a method for developing control strategies.

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  • Elizaveta Ivashchenko & Mikhail Hrebtov & Mikhail Timoshevskiy & Konstantin Pervunin & Rustam Mullyadzhanov, 2023. "Unsteady Cloud Cavitation on a 2D Hydrofoil: Quasi-Periodic Loads and Phase-Averaged Flow Characteristics," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(19), pages 1-16, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:19:p:6990-:d:1255193
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